YOU DON'T HEAR ABOUT THIS EVERYDAY. WILD HOGS ARE APPARENTLY CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE IN OKLAHOMA. FARMERS AND RANCHERS IN THE PAULS VALLEY AREA, SAY THEY'RE SEEING BIG HERDS COME OUT AT NIGHT, TO TEAR UP THEIR LAND! KOCO'S PATTI MOON HAS THE PROOF. CLIP 701:07: This is our yard here and we have 400 acres in this area that we farm and ranch on. IT'S A WHOLE LOT OF LAND THAT GEARL PYLE WORKS HARD TO MAINTAIN. BUT ONE LOOK AT HIS FRONT LAWN...AND YOU CAN SEE...PYLE HAS A MAJOR PROBLEM. CLIP 1008:28: Well, this is mainly Bermuda grass. And I suppose there's worms and grubs and all types of stuff in that soil. WILD HOGS HAVE STARTED FEASTING ON HIS GRASS AT NIGHT. THEY MAKE THEMSELVES RIGHT AT HOME... DESTROYING HIS BIRD BATH...AND GETTING DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO HIS BACK DOOR. CLIP 705:56: They destroy a lot of grass and you lose a lot of your grass supply and it takes it a while to come back. CLIP 34Stand-Up: 14:56: One of the best ways to deal with wild hog populations is through aerial hunts. Oklahoma lawmakers recently made that legal in our state, but Pyle says there simply hasn't been enough of them. CLIP 705:27: I've called the state office and talked to the director of wildlife and they're gonna try to do some more things to help out, but it's kinda slow coming I think. IN THE MEANTIME...PYLE SAYS THERE'S NOT MUCH HE CAN DO. HE'S ADMITS HE'S NOT A GREAT SHOT AND HE CAN'T KILL ALL THE HOGS HIMSELF. CLIP 701:48: We really need some help down here to control these wild hogs. IN PAUL'S VALLEY, PM, KOCO 5 NEWS. WE DID TALK TO A HOG HUNTING GROUP BASED OUT OF NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. THEY SAY HOG POPULATIONS HAVE EXPLODED ACROSS THE STATE. THE ANIMALS ARE MOSTLY NOCTURNAL...SO THE BEST TIME TO HUNT THEM IS AT NIGHT. TIME FOR WEATHER WITH DAMON. A COOL NIGHT TONIGHT